Kananas vs Stepsi

Kananas combines membership CRM, a communication website and a member portal. Its dance-school offering covers recurring classes and private lessons, teacher assignment, student progress, tuition billing and access for students and parents. Studios can manage events and recital ticketing, and import data from spreadsheets or systems such as Mindbody and Jackrabbit. Kananas supports USD billing, and its FAQ names Stripe as a local payment gateway for US studios. The service offers a REST API, webhooks and a sandbox; Kananas says Zapier or Make can connect it to over 2,000 applications. Its dance-school page describes a built-in AI assistant for task automation and studio reports and insights. Members and administrators can use the iOS and Android app. The Free plan supports up to 50 contacts. Paid plans start at $99 a year for 250 contacts, while the M plan costs $366 a year for 1,000 members. A free 30-day trial has no commitment and converts to the Free version afterward. If a suggested tip covering payment fees is refused, the FAQ lists transaction fees of 2.4% plus $0.25.

Stepsi is a dance studio management platform for running administration and serving members and parents. It supports one-time and recurring classes, multiple calendars, bookings, waitlists, attendance tracking, room scheduling, instructor management, and a member booking portal across web and mobile. Studios can collect one-time or recurring payments for memberships, tuition, bookings, shop purchases, and video content; members can pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay. The product is described for children’s schools, adult recreational studios, competition and recital schools, and pre-professional or classical schools. Its free plan covers up to 25 active members, defined as people who purchased a membership, tuition, or class entrance in the last 30 days. Paid plans are billed per month and paid annually: Plus is €30 a year for up to 100 active members, Grow is €60 a year for up to 250, Pro is €130 a year for up to 600, and Max is €260 a year for up to 1,500. Branded mobile apps and unlimited members are unavailable on the displayed plans.